In the lounge of the ruined villa, besides Ran Mouri, who refused the horror story, there was also someone named Umitani Asaka who was not there. Thinking that there was no one else here, it should be fine even if the two of them acted alone.
Hiragawa Toru leaned against the supporting pillar at the entrance of the stairs, a smile of unknown meaning on his face, and said:
"Everyone is here except the two ladies. Let's start telling the horror story of this village. This is a true story! In fact, there was once a strange legend in Wulan Village."
"Strange legend?"
"It's the vampire legend. The name of this village comes from the village of Brown in Transylvania, Romania. Brown Village is a famous vampire town, and various terrifying vampire legends have been circulating there since ancient times.
Then, the first group of Romanians who immigrated here seemed to be expelled from Brown Village because they were suspected of being vampires.
The legend of vampires... could it be related to the sender "Dracula"?
Fujiwara Yuu frowned deeply, his chin resting on his hand as he pondered. Did the sender want me to decipher the hidden story behind the vampire legend? Or did he simply want to provoke me and kill someone in front of me?
He glanced at the expressions of the people around him out of the corner of his eye, and it seemed that no one showed any strange expression.
Some were listening attentively, some had anticipation on their faces, and some looked indifferent and uninterested... Even Ershen Ikuo, who he had previously found a little strange, had a calm expression.
Hiragawa Toru paused, pushed his round-framed glasses, and said with a sly smile:
"However, six years ago, something happened in the village that confirmed this legend. This incident happened in this mansion. At that time, the residents of the village left one after another, and the houses began to become empty. The hotel that used to be run in this mansion also closed down.
The boss and his wife's orphan suffered from a serious heart disease, leaving only this young girl to go in and out of the hospital before it became a ruin. But late one night, several villagers saw a strange sight!
Conan Edogawa looked serious. As a materialist, he did not believe that vampires really existed. If this story was true, then someone was probably deliberately creating fear and wanted to turn Muiran Village into an uninhabited ruin.
So, the person who created the legend... wanted the villagers to leave here in order to hide something?
"A woman dressed in white, like a puppet being manipulated, followed a man in a black cloak as they walked towards the closed-down hotel.
The next morning, the village youth group, armed with crosses and stakes, entered the tavern where the vampire and the girl had gone, and found the girl's body in the basement of the mansion, in a room that was now a warehouse.
She clasped her hands tightly and lay on the bed as if she was asleep. There were two wounds on the girl's neck, as if she had been bitten by something. The villagers believed that the girl had been attacked by a vampire and turned into a vampire, so they drove a wooden stake into the heart of the dead girl.
The girl's body was later autopsied by the police, but there was almost no blood left in it, as if it had been sucked dry by a vampire."
Conan Edogawa thought seriously, trying to find a flaw in the story, but no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't come to a reasonable conclusion. Just when he wanted to ask for help from Brother Ying Si, something fell on his shoulder.
Moving my eyes to the side, I saw a red-skinned hand with sharp claws.
“Wow!!”
"Ahahaha~ kid, you really are scared!"
The corners of Edogawa Conan's mouth twitched slightly. He looked speechlessly at Kibune Yeping who was bullying the "kid" and muttered in his heart: This guy is really uncultured. Seeing that Brother Takashi couldn't be scared, he had to scare himself.
Minato Aoko squatted down and looked at Edogawa Conan, and asked gently:
"Little Conan, would you like me to get you something hot to drink? What would you like to drink?"
"Coffee... juice, right!" Edogawa Conan almost blurted out coffee. A child drinking coffee would definitely be suspected, after all, no adult would give this stuff to elementary school students.
"Then I'll prepare hot coffee for the rest of you, okay?" asked Aoko Minato.
"Ms. Aoko, can you help me get some red wine? It's the bottle of devil's blood that I reserved!" asked Ryuyama Moritaro.
Minato Aoko nodded, indicating that it was okay, and turned to leave to prepare drinks.
Feishiki Jingjie also left. He said he wanted to go to the bathroom, so naturally no one stopped him.
Fujiwara Yuu smiled and sat next to Conan, with a teasing smile on his face, and asked in a low voice:
"How's it going? If you're scared, you can go back to your sister Xiaolan."
"Stop talking nonsense. I don't believe that vampires exist in the world."
Edogawa Conan widened his eyes and quickly glanced at Ikuo Nigami, who was sitting in the corner with an unnatural expression on his face. It seemed that he didn't look like this just because he heard the story, but seemed more like he was concerned about the existence of someone.
From time to time, Ikuo Nigami would glance at the door. Was he concerned about Umitani Asaka, who hadn't come to listen to the horror story, or was he concerned about Hiiro Keisuke, who had left to go to the restroom? Thinking of this, he deliberately waited until everyone who had left returned, then, using his child's identity, asked innocently:
"Uncle Ershen, are you acquainted with Brother Feise?"
As soon as these words came out, Ershen Yufu's face showed a trace of panic, and he stammered:
"No, no."
Edogawa Conan raised his eyebrows. It seemed that Ikuo Nigami, Asaka Umitani and Keisuke Himiro were all acquaintances. Could it be that the things they were hiding were related to the abandoned hospital?
He thought of the vampire legend his boss had told him. Could it be that... the girl's death was real, but he was murdered?
Fujiwara Yuu crossed his legs while holding his coffee, and glanced at Ikuo, the easier target between the two of them, and said in agreement:
"Mr. Nishen, you don't have to hide it. I asked Conan to ask you this."
"I...I didn't hide it on purpose, I just didn't have the chance to say it." Ershen Yufu realized that he couldn't argue, so he lowered his head and answered weakly.
Minato Aoko, holding a stack of linen in her hands, looked at Takagi Sousuke with some curiosity and asked:
"Um, can I interrupt for a moment? I felt that you, Mr. Takashi, looked familiar, and your name is the same as that person's. Could you be that famous police officer in the Metropolitan Police Department?"
"Hmm? Ah, yes, I am."
Fujiwara Yuu felt somewhat embarrassed. It was awkward to admit that he was famous.
"Really? I love reasoning very much, just as much as I love ruins! Mr. Takashi, if you have a chance, can you tell me some reasoning?" Aoko Minato asked happily.
After a moment of hesitation, Fujiwara Yuu nodded and said:
"If it doesn't involve confidentiality of the case, then it's fine."
"Great!" Minato Aoko glanced at the clock and said in a panic, "Oh no! It's already half past nine! I need to finish my work quickly! Mr. Ying Si, please wait until I'm done and tell me what's going on!"
"Well, run slowly and be careful with the steps."
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